Word: powder
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Bush's more moderate advisers, already queasy about Bennett's approach, argued inside the White House that the President's image would suffer. "This is a powder keg," said an official privately. "Somebody is going to read racism into every word you say on this subject. You don't want to do this." While the racial card appeals to some blue-collar and rural whites, it obviously offends many blacks. It also conflicts with the two-year effort by Bush and the departing G.O.P. chairman, Lee Atwater, to woo black voters. Further, the moderate faction agrees with political scientist Larry...
Since August KidsPort has kept thousands of little fingers and big imaginations busy by offering earthbound youngsters an opportunity to explore everything from the dynamics of flight to the clothes people wear. A Rocky Mountain climb on a special surface and a jump into Colorado's famed powder snow (actually 60,000 white balls) have also let the sports-minded unwind...
Iraqi missiles would not have to blow up many of the oil facilities; scattering enough poison gas and anthrax or botulism powder to make it impossible for workers to labor there would also disrupt production. Says a U.S. analyst: "With a shortfall of only 1 million bbl. of oil a day, now the price has gone to $35 ((from $18 before the invasion of Kuwait)). Imagine the impact of the loss of a big portion of Saudi Arabia's 7 million bbl. a day." Conceivably, the price could reach as high as $100, far more than enough to cause both...
...confined to the Middle East; they would hit targets in Europe, Japan and the U.S. Nor would the terrorists confine themselves to the classic means of bomb and bullet; they too might resort to biological warfare. Some analysts conjure up nightmare visions of a light plane scattering anthrax powder around the Washington area...
...substantial aid cuts, from $76 million in 1985 to $11 million this year. But Doe seemed indifferent to his country's growing bankruptcy. U.S. officials still urged reform, but Doe, who often consults a shaman, responded to one overture from CIA director William Webster by offering him a magic powder...